SAN DIEGO – Three young men were injured yesterday in two separate gang-related shootings, which occurred 15 minutes apart in neighboring areas, police said.

The victims were not identified; their injuries were not considered life-threatening.

About 7:25 p.m., two 18-year-old men were standing at Franklin Avenue and Milbrae Street in Mountain View when a white Chevrolet Impala pulled up next to them and someone yelled out a gang name. Several shots were fired in their direction, striking one man twice in the upper body and once in the arm and grazing the other man in the head. A relative drove the victims to a hospital.

About 7:40 p.m., a 22-year-old man was crossing the street at 36th and K streets in Mount Hope when a black, four-door Cadillac pulled up next to him and someone yelled out a gang name. Several shots were fired at the man, striking him once in the leg, police said.
– Leonel Sanchez

Dad defending kids
chased by gunfire

JAMACHA – A man who confronted two children for looking at his girlfriend yesterday fired several shots at their father after he came out of a store to defend his children and then tried to drive away, police said.

The shooter fired several times into the rear window of the car and then fled in an beat-up brown vehicle, possibly a Nissan pickup, police said.

The unidentified victim suffered a minor head wound from a bullet or flying glass. The children were not injured.